Re: Synching Files

Endulini <> wrote:
>
> Hi All,
>
> Having finally got my laptop to recognise my PC (thanks to all who
> answered) I would like to keep some of the files synchronised between
> the two systems. I know I can do it using the briefcase but is there a
> better more automatic means? I looked in the synch centre but this
> tells me that there are no systems available to synch with.
>



I use Robocopy and XXCOPY on command line, batch scripts, or using Total
Commander as the GUI.

There is also a GUI for Robocopy, but it works with it's own, slightly
older, version of Robocopy, compared to the standard Vista version:

http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m...spotlight.aspx

But you may find SyncToy is what you are looking for:

http://www.microsoft.com/DownLoads/d...displaylang=en

ss.

Synapse Syndrome <> wrote:
>
> There is also a GUI for Robocopy, but it works with it's own, slightly
> older, version of Robocopy, compared to the standard Vista version:
>

Oops - excuse the greengrocer's apostrophe..

ss.

I tried SyncToy at your suggestion. Works well for me. Very easy and
intuitive to use. Thanks

Tyro

"Synapse Syndrome" <> wrote in message
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> Endulini <> wrote:
>>
>> Hi All,
>>
>> Having finally got my laptop to recognise my PC (thanks to all who
>> answered) I would like to keep some of the files synchronised between
>> the two systems. I know I can do it using the briefcase but is there a
>> better more automatic means? I looked in the synch centre but this
>> tells me that there are no systems available to synch with.
>>
>
>
>
> I use Robocopy and XXCOPY on command line, batch scripts, or using Total
> Commander as the GUI.
>
> There is also a GUI for Robocopy, but it works with it's own, slightly
> older, version of Robocopy, compared to the standard Vista version:
>
> http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/m...spotlight.aspx
>
> But you may find SyncToy is what you are looking for:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/DownLoads/d...displaylang=en
>
> ss.
>